Veterans - Charlie Craig Hanes
Charlie Craig Hanes, a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, is assisted by his daughter, Cathy Crist, in holding up a panoramic photograph of the men from the First Fighter Control Squadron and their significant others during a reunion in 1993 in Dayton, Ohio.
Veterans - Charlie Craig Hanes
Charlie Craig Hanes tells stories of his time serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II.
Veterans - Charlie Craig Hanes
Charlie Craig Hanes, a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, shows a newspaper clipping of the Los Angeles Time from Apr. 23, 1966. The clipping is part of a spiral bound book that contains the story of the First Fighter Control Squadron in WWII.
Veterans - Charlie Craig Hanes
Charlie Craig Hanes, a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Veterans - Charlie Craig Hanes
Charlie Craig Hanes, a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, holds his Purple Heart.
Veterans - Charlie Craig Hanes
Charlie Craig Hanes, a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, holds a Purple Heart that was presented to him by the Northwest Piedmont Purple Heart Foundation during an annual banquet.
Veterans - Charlie Craig Hanes
Charlie Craig Hanes, a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Veterans - Charlie Craig Hanes
Charlie Craig Hanes, a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, is assisted by his daughter, Cathy Crist, in holding up a panoramic photograph of the men from the First Fighter Control Squadron and their significant others during a reunion in 1993 in Dayton, Ohio. Hanes (top row, second from left) is joined by his late wife, Marie Hanes (top row, third from left).
Veterans - Charlie Craig Hanes
Charlie Craig Hanes, a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Veterans - Charlie Craig Hanes
Charlie Craig Hanes tells stories of his time serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II.
Veterans - Charlie Craig Hanes
Charlie Craig Hanes, a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Veterans - Charlie Craig Hanes
Charlie Craig Hanes, a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, shows a spiral bound book that contains the story of the First Fighter Control Squadron in WWII.
Veterans - Charlie Craig Hanes
Charlie Craig Hanes, a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Veterans - Charlie Craig Hanes
Charlie Craig Hanes, a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, and his Purple Heart.
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